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- From: emcelroy@igc.apc.org (Eugene McElroy)
- Newsgroups: alt.activism
- Subject: IFCO ACTION ALERT ON BAEZA
- Message-ID: <1296500487@igc.apc.org>
- Date: 23 Jan 93 03:22:00 GMT
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- From: Eugene McElroy <emcelroy>
- Subject: IFCO ACTION ALERT ON BAEZA
-
- ACTION ALERT
- FROM IFCO
- **********
-
- The Clinton Administration is intending to nominate MARIO
- BAEZA for the position of assistant secretary of state for Inter-
- American affairs (the position currently held by Bernard
- Aronson.)
-
- The Cuban American National Foundation in Miami has mounted
- a campaign to stop this nomination. The CANF opposes Baeza
- because he is not well-known in the Miami Cuban-AMerican
- community and will not be susceptible to influence by the CANF.
- In Miami, the Foundation attack on Baeza includes racism (Baeza
- is Afro-Cuban) and red-baiting. The CANF has proposed its own
- candidate from the extreme right wing, Simon Ferro.
-
- The nominee will most likely be named today or Monday. It is
- critical to flood the State Dept. and the White House with calls
- and letter of support for Baeza.
-
- **STATE DEPT. PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIVISION
- 202-647-6575 202-647-0122 (FAX)
-
- ADDRESS LETTERS TO SECRETARY OF STATE WARREN CHRISTOPHER
-
- **WHITE HOUSE
- 202-224-2237 (FAX) ADDRESS LETTERS TO PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON
-
- SANDY BERGER (DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO PRESIDENT FOR NATIONAL SECURITY
- AFFAIRS) 202-456-2883
-
- **********
-
- Senator Bill Bradley of NJ is playing a critical role in support
- of the CANF candidate and in opposition to Baeza. Calls and
- letter to his office, particularly from New Jersey residents, are
- especially important.
-
- SENATOR BILL BRADLEY 202-224-3244 (TEL) 202-224-8567 (FAX)
-
-
- **********
-
- 1) SUPPORT THE NOMINATION OF MARIO BAEZA FOR UNDERSECRETARY OF
- STATE FOR INTER-AMERICAN AFFAIRS.
- We have good reason to be optimistic that, over time,
- Baeza's positions on Cuba will be far preferable to current
- policies. Given current realities, Baeza represents the best we
- can hope for and, in any case, is far preferable to any CANF
- candidate.
-
- 2)CONDEMN THE UNDUE INFLUENCE OF THE CUBAN-AMERICAN NATIONAL
- FOUNDATION ON US FOREIGN POLICY.
- This extreme right-wing group has history of support for
- terrorist activities and extreme right wing causes, including
- sport for the contras in Nicaragua, UNITA in Angola and terrorist
- activities against Cuba.
-
- The Congressional Black Caucus has already mobilized in support
- of Baeza'a nomination. On the other hand, Congressman Robert
- Torricelli strongly opposes Baeza--and Baeza lives in
- Torricelli's district. This is another case of Torricelli
- supporting the agenda of CANF (could it be the PAC money?) over
- the interests of his own constituents.
-
-
- FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL IFCO AT 212-926-5757 OR 612-378-0062
-